Flashback Protocol
Two counsellors demonstrate a method you can use to stop a flashback while it is happening.
The Flashback Protocol
If you experience a flashback, follow this specific set of instructions to bring yourself back to here and now:
- Notice what you are feeling.
- Observe what sensations you have in your body.
- Spot something you can see, smell and hear where you are right now.
- Ask yourself what today’s date is.
Complete the following 8 sentences aloud:
- I am feeling…
- I am sensing…
- Because I am remembering…
- Now I can see…
- Now I can smell….
- Now I can hear…
- The date today is…
- So I know that that experience is no longer happening.
